MATT MacFARLAND
CV
Education
2001-2003 Master of Fine Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
1995-1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of California, Santa Cruz
One and Two-person Exhibitions
2008
“Die, My Dear? Why that’s the Last Thing I’ll Do!”, Sea and Space Explorations, Highland Park, CA.
2005
Arby Alpert and the Old Man of the Mountain, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Animals Gone Wild, Phantom Galleries, South Pasadena, CA
2004
Fly by Night, Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
In the Round, Curated by Ed Gomez, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Graphics Interchange Format, Curated by Laurel Ptak, Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Sea and Space Resort, Sea and Space Explorations, Highland Park, CA.
2007
Maximum of Maximums, Me & You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.
Suitcase Volume II: The Unpacking, Park Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
Drive By, Phantom Galleries L.A., Pasadena, CA.
Haus Guests, Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
2006
Oh, lots of things. It’s about rats and balloons mostly, Me & You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.
All American Nude, Harvey Levine Gallery, Culver City, CA.
Suitcase, Upstairs at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Delusionarium III, Grand Central Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA.
Interactions, Armory NorthWest Gallery, Pasadena, CA.
Young Americans, 1711 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA.
2005
Blam! Art Collective, Arts District, Los Angeles, CA.
Hands On, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA.
Immodest Proposals, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, TX
Next, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Organized by Ed Gomez, Los Angeles, CA.
Sixteen:One Anniversary Show, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Delusionarium II, White Box Gallery, Organized by Jesse Benson, Marina Del Rey, CA.
2004
(Collaboration)Le Pinchefuntastique: Brown Out V, Dangerous Curve Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Delusionarium I, Legacy Arts Gallery, Santa Ana, CA.
2003
Terpicooniteen (Please) Give Until Gone, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Thesis Show, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA.
2002
Making, Boone Children’s Gallery, Lacma West, Los Angeles, CA.
Openings, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA.
Wall Space, Miller Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Press
2008 Overaker, Erech,” Interview with Matt MacFarland”, murdershow.net. July 14, 2008
Screenings
2008 Old Pasadena Film Festival, Pasadena, CA
2007 Video Picnic II, Me & You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.
2006 Video Picnic, Me & You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.
Lectures/Public Presentations
2004 Artist Lecture, ArtForum Lecture series, Santa Ana College
Awards
2005 L.A.’s Curator’s Choice Award, Immodest Proposals
2003 Armory Center for the Arts Fellowship